Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh,
Irish poet
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, died 1478.
Ó Cobhthaigh
Ó Cobhthaigh is a Gaels, Gaelic-Irish surname, generally Anglicised as Coffey, Cofer, Coffer, Copher, Caughey, Coffee, Coffie, Coughey, Cauffey, Cauffy, Cauffie, Coffy, Coughay, Coffay, Coffeye, Couhig and many more.
Overview
Ó Cobhthaigh was t ...
was a member of a
hereditary
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bard
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ic family based in what is now
County Westmeath
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. His
obit
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in the
Annals of the Four Masters
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describe him as an
ollamh
An or ollamh (; anglicised as ollave or ollav), plural ollomain, in early Irish literature, was a master in a particular trade or skill.
Bard
Generally, ''ollam'' referred to a professional poet or bard of literature and history, and a membe ...
, a professor of poetry, indicating that his verses were very highly regarded. No examples of his work is known to survive.
See also
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An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh, died 1415.
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Aedh Ó Cobhthaigh, died 1452.
References
* ''Ó Cobhthaigh family'', pp. 435–436, in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', volume 41, Norbury-Osbourne, September 2004.
15th-century Irish poets
1478 deaths
People from County Westmeath
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
Irish-language writers
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